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presented seminars to the Connecticut Dog Judges Association, Princeton Dog Judg- es Association, New Jersey Boxer Club, Sacramento Valley Boxer Club, and in the UK to the Cotswold Boxer Club and Wales Boxer Club. He has been a repeated guest speaker at several judges and breeders seminars at the American Boxer Club Nationals and other parent clubs abroad. He is the author of many articles in the Boxer Review, Dog News and ShowSight , as well as several dog magazines abroad. $%&#+0%&12# +-1-.*!3-1$# 4/--2#"%/#!*# !)+*-(2#%"# &+!)5#"%/-!5)# +&4+*().-+67 !"#$%&&'(#)*#+*,'#-.*,# )$'#*/0#1+$**/#2$'.' !"#$%&#'()*#(# +,-.!"!.#*/(!*#
white markings with permanent hair dyes. Some exhibitors may think it’s an enhance- ment or just another grooming technique. AKC says it’s a disqualification and as long as judges keep ignoring it this trend will continue. I happen to come from the old school where if you want a specific trait you should selectively breed for it instead of using foreign substances. For those who love this breed, it is a great pleasure to go to a show with an entry of quality Boxers and see that the original type envisioned over a century ago has been understood, achieved and preserved by serious breeders throughout generations and that the current proper Boxer head is a true fulfillment of the old Munich silhouette. BIO Dan Buchwald is a graduate of the School of Veterinary Medicine, Univer- sity of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Along with his mother, Agnes Buchwald and family, he founded the internationally famed Hex- astar Kennels in 1973. Over 150 Boxer champions have been finished under the Hexastar banner. Of those, more than twenty attained International FCI cham- pionships and six others American AKC championships. Dan obtained his Brazil- ian Kennel Club‚ all-breeds judge’s license in 1988; the youngest ever at that time to
attain these credentials. His assignments have taken him all over South America and into the United States. In 1989 at the Kennel Review’s Invitational Tourna- ment of Champions; in 1991 he judged at the New Jersey Boxer Club (dogs and intersex competition), Southern New York Beagle Club at Westchester K.C., Trenton K.C. (Toy Group), Sussex Hills K.C. (Sporting Group), and the New Brunswick K.C. (Herding Group). He has also judged numerous sweepstakes, as well as the Futurity at the American Boxer Club twice. Since moving to America over 20 years ago, Dan has pursued a successful career in professional handling and started selec- tively breeding Boxers and established the Avalon and Renaissance kennel names. Dan has also mentored other co-owners to establish their breeding programs. Even though retired from actively breeding, Dan takes huge pride of being the breed- er and handler of the first ever Boxer to go WB/BOW from the BBE class at the American Boxer Club Nationals. Dan is the author and illustrator of “The Boxer Blueprint”. He is an award- winning sculptor and is the illustra- tor for “The Brazilian Kennel Club Official Book of Standards” and the “Brazilian Kennel Club Conformation Book for Judges”. As a speaker, he has
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